The plan to have a beach barbecue failed spectacularly this morning, as not only did we miss the bus (it was 15 minutes early) but also the weather didn’t look very promising. So we ended up barbecuing on Kathrin’s front porch, which turned out quite nice, as it meant that Silva and Kathrin’s flatmate Kim could join us. We shared food (my noodle salad was a hit!), small gifts and memories of holidays back home…
Then I went back to my place, after agreeing to meet Kathrin and Janne for church tomorrow morning. However, when I tried to open my door, the key wouldn’t turn. I tried several times, then I knocked on a couple of neighbours’ doors, unsuccessfully. However, lucky for me, someone turned out to be home – and Tony works in the office, so he was able to really help me out! We went to reception, where he called someone with a masterkey – and gave me a package from K. in Hamburg that had arrived today but which otherwise I wouldn’t have gotten until after my trip.
I left my stuff in Tony’s room and went for a walk to the waterfront and shopping for the journey (as tomorrow is almost the only day in the year when most stores will be closed), before meeting Liz who got the door to open with my masterkey, after which my key suddenly started working again. So what could have been a big disaster ended up being a minor inconvenience, and I might even have gotten a friend out of it…